A method for transmitting data from a first device to a second device over a Bluetooth mesh network, includes receiving a first message from at least one device among the second device and a relay device included in the Bluetooth mesh network, in order to calculate the number of hops between the first and second devices, calculating the number of hops based on the first message, and transmitting a second message containing the number of hops and data to at least one device among the second device and the relay device, wherein the first message contains at least one between a maximum hop value indicating the maximum number of hops in the mesh network or a relay value indicating the number of relays for the first message.